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Tuesday's ruling is the latest twist in Killick's colourful life, which at times reads like a novel.

He went on the run for 45 days in 1999 after his then girlfriend Lucy Dudko hijacked a helicopter at gunpoint and had it flown to Silverwater prison exercise yard, where Killick was serving time for armed robbery.

He jumped in the chopper and flew off amid cheers from other inmates and gunshots from prison guards.

After being recaptured he went back into prison until April this year.

Immediately after his release Queensland authorities produced a warrant for the pensioner's arrest and sought his extradition.

Queensland Police claim Killick breached his parole in 1993 after an offence of violence armed with a dangerous weapon.

Killick's lawyers, who are acting pro bono, claim the extradition order is invalid and a waste of taxpayer money.

They expect him to be released almost immediately on parole even if he is extradited to Queensland.